New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-29
s7RA WBERRIES ABUNDANT AND CHEAP.
FEATURES OF THE VEGETABLE, DAIRY AND FISH
MARKETS.

FEATURES OF THE VEGETABLE, DAIRY AND FISH
MARKETS
Careful housewives who lay up homemade pre-
for winter use instead of depending wholly on
canned fruit from the stores should not let next week
pass without buying their strawberries. The Old
Dominion Line of steamers alone daily brings to this
market about 5000 crates and 5000 more arrive
over the Pennsylvania Railroad. They come IRON
Maryland and the whole of that famous fruit REGION
and retail low cents box 1t Is not probable
that the price will reach lower point even when
the New. Jersey and Long leland berries at their
best because the disastrous effects of the late drouth
though happily checked by the recent showers, will
seriously affect the quantity OF the home CROP In
addition, the wholesa ale Gamers will begin to buy in
week or two and thus keep up the price
Raspberries ourrants gOoseberries and the rest OF
what commonly called "small fruits" viii not
arrive until later in the season, but the improved
methods of transportation and cold storage are rap
idly making common nun Der OF tropical small
fruits unknown to New-YOrkers o generation ago.
One of these Ia hesrtshaped fruit which comes iron
Southern Florida and the Bermudas. Sour-sop, or
cnstard apple, the natives call It, and It's pulp looks
about inviting mouthful of cotton wool. which
it closely resembles, but 1t contains agreeable sub
acid juice The fruit varies from six to nine inches In
circumference and sells at about 20 cents each. An
other strangely shaped and strangely tasting apple Is
the mammee, OF angular form and OF the size OF
small melon, with thin yellow inner rnd and
bro vn leathery outer one. The flesh has pleasant
aromatic smell that is appetzing but liking for the
taste OF it be acquired. People who like them
willingly pay 20 cents for one; -.,
obong fruit from two to five inches in diameter OF
light green color with white pulp and black seeds
grown in the tropics and highly esteemed in hot eoun-
tries for the thirstquenching properties OF It's Juicy
pulp This is its first season in this market. 80
The Jelly cocoanut is a new variety OF familiar
enjoy it il cut the top or drink the hall pint
OF clear water held in the centre. and then with
spoon extract the soft meat which lines the she'll and
looks like dissolved taploca.
Pineappes are plentiful and always ravorte fruit
People who them tor the table with KNIFE how
ever, deiraud themselves, Tearing the pine into
shreds with fork, and sprnkling the shredded frut
with powdered sugar some time before eating is tho
only way to enjoy pineapple IN its perfection
Spanish melons are about done, and not many re-
grets will accompany their disappearance. Their
taste resembles the pumpkin too nearly to compete
with the Florida watermeons which already begin to
appear i'll the stalls. .
The odor OF mint and sweet herbs minges agreeaby
in the market with that of stra cherries and pine
apples. making the transition from fruit to vegetables
an easy one Vegetables improve IN appearance
weekly as the OF supply moves turtter North
with the advance OF The choicest asparagus
now is that of Oyster Bay. which Ks carefully punched
in two anu one-haf pound bundles selling Tor 20 cents
each.
New potatoes arc here red from the strong rich soil
of Georgia Though they are not as g9od as t ne
Bermudss for which their color causes them TO be
frequently mistaken. yet they are better than tnose
from tho poor and artitcialy strengthened SOIL 0t
Florida. A barrel of them costs 81 to ~, and 80
cents a asked for the deusiye small measure" OF the
huckster Last seasons potatoes still rule low IN
price, thanks to the immense importation from Europe
Scotland 5000 sacks OF old potatoes which IN con-
junction with the crop will probably bring the
price down as low es l . cents a bushel. a..
New grass butter from New-lork state ana the
West is already arriving small quantities. a pound
now costs % cents In June il will fall as low as 20
and then again begin to rise steadily until It dsap
pears FROM Wow altogether. The drouth has
alarmed darymen good deal tor the hay crop, aud
already the price OF old hay from tho last crop has
risen materially. Pessimsts IN the hay line say tGat
not than one ton will be cut tins year from the
same acreage rat Welded ten tons last year;
With the approach OF hot weather eggs deteriorato
in quality and increase in quantity. The price, now
ever. does not tall of materially, as the ice cream
dealer, use vast quantities of them Big confectionery
manufacturers get much of their eggs now from Ter
many and France in barrels. The eggs ars broken,
the yos put in barrel for shipment the whites IN
another. the shells ground for chicken iced and KEPT
at home thus economy IN a.er anu sg9s n .c
tor % cents. Fresh-laid eggs from nearby bring
prices proportonato to the confidence tie buyer places
in the seller -,
String beans from Florida and Louisiana that
escaped the early frosts there are nov selling at from
20 to % cents according to their freshness and attract
iyeness which varies wonderfully III dllereDt iots
from the same cOnsignor. 49, :,
MARYLAND green peas look tempting. They sell at
R3 90 to 81 barrel wholesale, and the retailer pays
10 cents n hatpeck tor them. Small, sweet ana
tender the sight of them Invariably sends the eye
wandering over the stalls for duck with which to
mako that royal combination, roast duck and green
peas" And enc has not tar to go before iinding the
most delicious of all barnyard ducks III newly intro,
duoed variety from Rouen This French breed OF
ducks IL brought TO pcfectlOu III hhouo isa"u "hoio
il ia reared from it's birth in dleness aud comparative
luxury tattencd milk and meal, and known TO tho
trade rs cream ted" An A No. L cream-ted Rouen
duck that does credit his rearing weighs about hye
pounds and is considered cheap ut % by any ono in
sef rch OF a gastronOmc treat.
Some hshmonsers we'll understand the advantage
which tasteful arrangement of their scaly wares
gives ;hem over their eless rivals liberal
use OF zee light green seaweeds and the glossy grasses
and trailing vnc-like plants in which 1t costs nothing
TO pack the catch TOR market go long way to add to
the attract vencsa OF the shapely isl whose svery
scales gittering among their garnishment draw the
attention and the trade OF visitors Mt once Resti-
gouche salmon LEAD the nny tribe now, while the lew
salmon which beginning to be caught again III
giving promise OF a return OF this noble hsh TO the
waters OF the North River. Bluetsh are coming in
cents pound. Chesapeake Bay sent in the first
moonfsh OF this season. They sell at 20 cents per
pound.